The Latest Breaking News from Chittoor

Governor flags off two mobile blood collection buses of IRCS in Vijayawada. Buses worth ₹1 crore each, equipped for spot blood collection, vaccine admin. and other services. Handed over to Anantapur and Chittoor branches. 18 Red Cross Blood Banks in State, 3 more at Narasaraopet, Tirupati and Bhimavaram. Half of…

Miscreants resorted to stone-pelting, besides carrying sticks, lethal weapons, and stones in their vehicles, says Superintendent of Police Rishant Reddy

Silence gripped vegetable markets all over Rayalaseema, with the price of third-grade tomato touching ₹250 per kg at many places on Monday. In the vegetable markets in Chittoor and Annamayya districts, there were no takers for the pricey vegetable. The vendors also restricted themselves from buying additional boxes before disposing…

Amid the soaring prices of tomatoes in the country, a farmer of Chitoor district has claimed that he has become crorepati and earned Rs 3 crores after selling the fruit. Read further on Dynamite News:

Horticulture Dept. launches awareness camps in Chittoor & Annamayya districts to tackle 'bacteria wilt', a deadly disease for tomato, eggplant, chilli & potato. Yield in Madanapalle, Asia's largest tomato belt, has hit rock bottom. Remedial measures include crop rotation & sowing of tolerant varieties. Inclement weather has delayed crop cutting.…

Chittoor police conducted a special drive against ganja peddling, arresting 35 smugglers, seizing 50 kg of ganja and ganja plants. 12 cases were booked against 4 gangs. Police observed smugglers procuring ganja in North Andhra at ₹2,000/kg, selling it at ₹500/50g packet in Chittoor. Youth, minors & women used to…

Police in Chittoor district arrest 12 people for smuggling ganja and seize 11kgs of contraband. 50kgs of ganja seized and 35 people arrested in last week. Police committed to making border sub-division 'ganja-free'. Tirupati SP brushes aside reports of pressure on department. 96 colleges in Tirupati have Drug Abuse Control…

Chittoor police upbeat over success of 'Gadapa Gadapaku Mahila Police' (GGMP) programme, which has led to sharp decline in violence against women. Programme involved 512 Mahila Police, 35,000 brochures, door-to-door survey of 50,000 households, 500 complaints raised, majority solved through counselling. Ongoing process to cover more wards and households.

Chittoor Collector Sagili Shanmohan has said that 3,000 people belonging to SC, ST, BC and minority families in the district will be granted the pattas with the approval of the assignment committee soon. Presiding over the district-level vigilance and monitoring committee meeting at the Collectorate here on July 14 (Friday),…